Letting Go of the House

Although we don't plan to be moving for another year, we are looking at the possibility of purchasing our retirement house now while prices and interest rates are down. If we find something months before our move, we'll rent it out until that time. That means we're thinking and wondering about the kind of house we'll be living in for the rest of our lives.

All that to explain my husband's statement the other morning as he was dressing for work in his closet. "I wish we could take this house with us when we move," he said with a sigh. I understand his sentiment. We've worked very hard to make our house the kind of home we enjoy. It was repossession and was trashed when we bought it. Our biggest improvement was turning the fourth bedroom into a master bath with a soaking tub, "stereo" sinks, and a separate toilet room. My husband's closet is the front half of the former ugly and difficult master bath.

In downsizing, maybe we won't be able to have separate closets. Will we be able to have a soaking tub that we now use regularly? We love to cook together. Will our new kitchen accommodate that? Will I be able to continue with my Elfery, the playhouse under the stairs?

More about Letting Go of the House next time.